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Saturday, December 23, 1972
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The Headlines
16 Survivors of Oct. 13 Plane Crash Found in Andes
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Me and Mrs. Jones
Billy Paul
#1 at the box office
The Poseidon Adventure
$777,700
The must-have
Pong (Atari)
On This Day
The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
Wikipedia →A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
Wikipedia →The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Akihito (1933)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Video Games (Pong), C Programming Language & HBO (Cable TV).
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Time Elapsed
19,522 days ago
(53 years, 177 days)